Improvement in planter and ctjx



'NICITIOLAS VVHI'IEHALL, 0F NEW'IOWN, INDIANA.

Letters PatcntvN 94,365, dated August 3l, 1869.

IMPRGVEMENT IN PLANTER AND CULTIVATOR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

grain planted in a similar way, which may bc readily adjusted to the condition of a planter or cultiva-tm'.

Figure l represents a plan view of my improved machine, when adjusted for planting Figure 2 represents asectional elevation ofthe same; .ijigure represents a rear View, partly in section, and partly in elevation; and

Figure 4 represents a plan view .when adjusted forA cultivating.

Similar letters oi' reference indicate corresponding parts.

The plow-stocks A, having n1-aces B, are detachably connected to the transverse bars C G, permanently connected to the tongue D, and 'hounds Il', as shown in iig. l.

'Iwo ci' these plows are used fon planting, and they support, near the junction ot' the stocks with the braces, a transverse hopper and hopper-slide support, E.

They are also detaci'iably connectcdr at Iabout the saine point to connecting-bars, so as to oscillate, to sonic extent, vertically on the sa,

.These connecting-bars are connected rigidly to the side-pieces Gr of' a truck, near the axles of the saine, which are short studs projecting from one side 4of the said side-pieces. v l

These side-pieces support a transverse Iseat-bar, H, having a tongue, I, projecting ibrward ,under the rear cross-piece C, and connected bynn eye, K, to a long link, L, suspended from the tongue 1) so as to slide iongitudinally thereon.

M represents a latch, pivoteil .to the tongue, and adjusted relatively to the tongueil, so that its free end will fall into holes, N, arranged in a row along the said tongue I.

As the plows are thus supported at the rear on the axle, and at the front by the end of the tongue D, in

the harness of the aniinals,'any adjustment of this tongue I, to or from the rear'cross-piece Cwill aiect t-he height of the plows, the adj ustment forward lowering them, and the adjustment rearward raising them. Ihey may, by this arrangement, be raised entirely ont ol the ground.

Ihe operator sitting on the seat- 0, and resting his feet on a cordby which he operates the valve-slide, or on stil-rups, for guiding the plows, as will be hereinafter described, may so balance himself on the ma.- chine as by his weight to make these adjustments, the catch M being raised ont of the holes, and ailowed to drop in, when they coincide.

These adjustments apply to the machine either when used as a planter or cultivator.

rIhe hopper and valve-support E, is-applied so as toi be readily detached when the mach-ine is to be adj usted for cultivating.

For this purpose it is provided with transverse slots to inatch the stocks A, of the plows, of the saine depth as the breadth oi' the said stocks, as shown in plan view in fig. l, and section, fig. 2, so that it will engage the said stocks by sliding the. latter into the notches or slots.

When so engaged, it is secured by blocks Q, pass-4 ing behind the plow-stocks, and metal binding-straps, screwed on so as to he readily removed.

These blocks Q also form the bottom of the seedboxes li, which are. placed on. the support E, adjacent to the stocks A, and so arranged as to deliver the seed each side of the said stocks to the 'passages in.

the `said blocks Q, whe-rein slide-valves, S, connected to a sliding bar, T, work to regulate the delivery of the seed.

lhis slide may be operated by a handdever, U, within reach of an operator sitting on the seat, or a cord working over pulleys, and so adjusted that the operator may work it by his feet back and forth, may be used.

The slidc-valves are detachably connected toth slide T, for ready removal whenthe machine is adjusted for cultivating.

They must be so ren-loved in o rder. to permit the withdrawal of the seed-box support, as they work behind the stocks A.

For planting, I employ broad auxiliary wheels, V, for running along over the furrow' in which the .seed is dropped, f'or lling and pressing the soil down upon the seed. I

These auxiliary wheels are secured on hubs, lW, of the smallerwheels G',.seen inI g. 4, which project outward when they receive the said aux'iliary'wheels.

Then the machine is'tobe employed for cultivating, 'the seed-box support E is removed, in he inanner above described. The end-supports (fr, -of the truck are changed in position by detaching them from .the ends' of the transverse plate H,and securing them to the opposite ends, so that the axles will project inward. The connecting-bars F are also similarly changed, and the plows AI are changed from their connection with the bars O, from the outermost conglows, A', are interposed between the outer ones, conieeted by screws or bolts to the rear cross-piece', and )y hooks, B', from. the front.

These inner plows are designed to vbe moved .laterally While working them, for guiding themalon g rows, or to avoid obstruet'ions, and for this purpose a yoke, C', is suspended'gfroin `tlfietonguel), near the rear eros'spiece C, so as o vibratefreely thereon, with the lower ends pivoted te stocks of the plows at E', and connected by rods, to the vibrating bars G', carrying foot-treadles, H. Byv these treadles, the operator, with his feet, is able toguide said plows as he desires.

The connecting-bars F are placed on the outside of the end-supports G, of the truck, and the plow-Shanks, instead of on the inside, as in the planting-adj ust-ment, and the broad auxiliary wheels V are dispensed p'itii.

The object of this adjustmentof the plows A, is to bring them tothe distance apart required for cultivating, vwhich is different from that required when-planting, andthe adjustment of the Wheels is to bring them into line with the furrows, to run therein.

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Having thus described my invention,

Iielaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The arrangement of truck-connecting bars F, plow-stocks A, tongue I, and latch M, substantially as specified. p

2,v The arrangement of the connecting-bars F, sidesupports G, and short axles for reversing their positions, and the positions of the wheels, substantially as specified. 3.I The detachable seed-box and slide-support E, plow-stocks A, blocks Q, and valve-slide, all combined and arranged substantially as specified.`

4. .llie vibrating plows A', yoke C', trcadles H, rods F', and vibrating levers, all arranged substantially as specied.

5 The combination,'with the narrow ,wlieelsG, of the broad wheels N, when arranged and applied sub stantially as specified.

' NICHOLAS WHITEHALL.' Witnesses:

ELIJA'H E. Goornn, DAVID BALCH. 

